Tool Crib Associate (Shifts B and C)

Blue Origin; Florida; On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

Parental leave

Disability insurance

401(k) match

Education support

Stock options

Paid time off

Company holidays

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a Tool Crib Specialist to support New Glenn GS1 Vehicle Stage Integration. You will maintain tool accountability, calibration readiness, workspace readiness, and FOD prevention across cribs and asset cabinets, ensuring production technicians have access to the tools they need in the condition they require.

Responsibilities include inspecting tools, updating digital inventories in real time, processing tool checkout requests, and reporting damaged or missing items.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent present.
• Experience in tool crib operations or inventory management.
• Ability to read and interpret tool-tracking records.

Responsibilities

• Perform tool accountability inspections three times per shift, verify tools against digital records.
• Conduct FOD/5S walks and ensure workspace organization compliance.
• Maintain digital tool inventories and update tool status in real time.
• Process tool checkout/return requests and document accountability.
• Report damaged or missing tools and initiate replacement workflows.
• Submit calibration service tickets and track tools through calibration.

Skills

Attention to detail

Effective communication

Multi-software literacy

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Inventory software

Calibration tracking systems

Job description

Application close date: Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

Job Description

As part of a hardworking team of specialists supporting New Glenn GS1 Vehicle Stage Integration, you will maintain tool accountability, calibration compliance, workspace readiness, and FOD prevention across assigned cribs and asset cabinets. You will ensure production technicians always have access to the tools they need, in the condition they need them, without having to stop production to resolve tooling issues.

Shifts

Special Mentions Shifts available: C Shift - (Fri - Sun, Day) 5:00a-5:30p B Shift - (Monday - Thursday, Night) 3:30p-1:30a.

Responsibilities

• Perform tool accountability inspections three times per shift, physically verifying every tool in every toolbox and cabinet against digital inventory records and documenting results
• Conduct FOD/5S walks at the beginning of each shift, inspecting work areas for foreign object debris, tool accountability, supply condition, and workplace organization compliance
• Verify tool accountability chits are present and accurate in all toolbox locations including Out for Calibration, Lost/Damaged, On Loan, and New Tool on Order designations
• Maintain digital tool inventories across multiple tracking systems, updating tool status in real time as tools are moved, broken, loaned, sent for calibration, or replaced
• Process tool requests from production technicians including checkout, return, and accountability verification using physical chit and digital tracking systems
• Identify and report broken, worn, damaged, or missing tools immediately through formal reporting processes, placing appropriate chits and initiating replacement workflows
• Submit calibration service tickets for tools approaching or past their calibration due dates and track tools through the calibration process
• Monitor loaned tools, verify return due dates, and follow up with borrowing work centers to ensure timely returns
• Maintain organized, shadowed, and labeled toolbox layouts per company FOD and tool control procedures
• Support end-of-shift handoff by contributing to shift pass down communications covering inspection results, active tasks, issues found, and action items for the incoming shift

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent
• 1+ years experience in tool crib operations, inventory management, warehouse, or a hands‑on technical environment requiring tool accountability
• Demonstrated attention to detail with experience performing inspections, audits, or inventory verification
• Experience learning and navigating multiple software platforms simultaneously
• Ability to identify common hand tools, precision instruments, and powered equipment by sight and function
• Effective written and verbal communication skills for shift handoffs and issue reporting
• Comfortable working on feet for full shift duration, lifting up to 50 lbs, and operating in a production floor environment
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in aerospace, aviation, or defense manufacturing tool control environments
• Familiarity with FOD (Foreign Object Debris/Damage) prevention programs and clean-as-you-go practices
• Experience with calibration tracking, calibrated tool handling, or metrology lab coordination
• Knowledge of tool control policies or equivalent aerospace quality and tool accountability standards
• Forklift or material handling equipment certification
• Experience with digital inventory or asset tracking systems
• Understanding of 5S workplace organization methodology

Culture Statement

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Export Control Regulations

Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Background Check Required for all positions

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• Ability to obtain and maintain Merchant Mariner Credential, which includes pre-employment and random drug testing as well as DOT physical.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Basic and supplemental life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Short and long-term disability
• 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%
• Education Support Program
• Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company‑paid holidays.

Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion.

Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork.

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